Impact of the phlebotomy training based on CLSI/NCCLS H03-A6 - procedures for the collection of diagnostic blood specimens by venipuncture

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-351

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,c,d   Lippi, Giuseppe ^e   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Picheth, Geraldo ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Clinical Analyses and in Vitro Diagnostics CSM 20   (Brazil)

^d Brazilian Society of Clinical Analyses   (Brazil)

^e ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood specimen collection; CLSI documents; Extra analytical variability; Phlebotomy; Pre analytic variability; Tourniquet application time

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FOREARM; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHLEBOTOMIST; PHLEBOTOMY; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME; TOURNIQUET; TUBE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 84867280165     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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